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We provide advice on commercial agreements and business transactions in the United Kingdom and other countries overseas, including on:
• Distribution Agreements
• Procurement Contracts
• Service Agreements
• Terms and Conditions of Trade
• Licensing law
• Intellectual Property law
• Competition law
• Litigation
MLB acts for insolvency practitioners, corporations, individuals and advises on all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency, including:
• Recovery of debts owed by companies
• Drafting or setting aside Creditor's Statutory Demands
• Filing or opposing applications to wind up companies
• Voluntary administration and liquidation of company advice
• Securing company or individual assets to recover debt payments
• Insolvency litigation including prosecution or opposing claims
• Advising and drafting Deeds of Company Arrangement
MLB has extensive experience in acting for franchisees and franchisors and assist clients in:
• Development of franchise systems;
• Preparation of franchise documentation
• Advice on franchise systems to franchisors/franchisees
• Advice on trade practices compliance
• Copyright, designs, trademarks and patent
• Leasing and Licensing Agreements
• Dispute resolution and litigation
MLB regularly publishes newsletters to inform clients about important legislative changes and updates on the firm. We encourage clients to subscribe to our newsletters using our 'subscribe' option or alternatively, visit our website regularly to view our newsletters.
We also provide brief publication overview documents on commercial matters to ensure you are kept up to date with legislative changes.
Our solicitors project the personality we hope defines our firm: innovative, energetic, efficient and most importantly, trustworthy.
Because our clients trust us with work traditionally sent to law firms, we rely heavily on our solicitors to exhibit exceptional judgement.
Service is the defining theme of our firm and we're committed to getting it right. For us, this means demonstrating to our clients that we "get it". We delight in exceeding our clients' expectations and, in return, our clients reward us with loyalty and interesting work.
Our solicitors thrive with the change inherent to any litigation, and they take real pleasure in problem-solving in response to shifting priorities.
Communication is key to our success. We communicate constructively and concisely, we're hard working and demonstrate grace under pressure.
Contact us today and connect with us on our social networking sites. Alternatively you may complete our Client Interest Form under Contact in the main menu.
Our people are highly accomplished but the depth and breadth of their experience varies depending on their position. Solicitors who provide legal services to our business clients must have in-house legal experience and demonstrate the ability to provide commercially viable legal solutions and outstanding service to our clients.
We will advertise any vacancies on our website when a vacancy arises.
When a vacancy arises, please send your resume to the email address on the advertisement and specify the position you are applying for in your covering letter.
We operate out of two main offices located in Bentleigh & Mount Waverley. However, our clients are based all over Melbourne and travel to a client's location may be required.
It is not necessary to follow up your application. Every resume is thoroughly screened and considered. We will contact you to schedule an interview if we feel your experience closely matches our requirements.
Generally, applicants can expect 2 to 3 rounds of interviews. The first round is typically with our management team and subsequent rounds are an opportunity to get to know the people you will be working with. We know that we ask a lot of our candidates, but we are incredibly selective in our hiring and meticulously focused on creating a truly special and addictive culture. Thank you in advance for your patience.
MLB succeeds by being creative, thoughtful and working hard with our clients to meet their individual requirements. What we don’t do is mess around and cut corners and get ourselves in trouble. That means that when it comes to issues like conflicts of interest, confidentiality, harassment, accounting etc., we don’t even get close to the line.
We pride ourselves on being the good guys. We’d rather have an off year, or face the music of telling the truth, than do something that’s ethically questionable, or legally borderline. That’s the gist.
Our people have extensive experience and expertise to service clients in many different industries, including retail, manufacturing, pharmacy, information technology, real estate and food.
Our managing principal has worked as an in-house lawyer for different companies and therefore, understands the necessity of handling matters in a commercial cost effective manner and the challenges faced by businesses.
To provide you with the best legal advice which suites your individual requirements our people work hard to understand the challenges faced in your industry and business.
Our ultimate mission is to ensure that no matter what your aspirations and objectives are for your business that you achieve them.
We currently serve leading and dynamic growth companies with projects spanning a wide range of industries including retail, suppliers internet, software, hardware, life sciences, consumer electronics and food outlets.
MLB provides general commercial legal services to clients in technology industries including the following services:
• Inbound/outbound licensing of software, content, IP (Enterprise &
Government)
• Internet Law (E-Commerce, Privacy Policies and Terms of Use)
• Reseller, OEM, VAR and distribution agreements
• Strategic alliance, partnership and co-marketing agreements
• Evaluation of 3rd-Party software/open source use
• Drafting and negotiating a range of commercial agreements for
technology businesses (including online terms and conditions,
software development, reseller and marketing agreements)
• Intellectual property protection for computer software and
hardware